July 17, 2007
Showtime orders pilot of Spielberg's "Tara"
I can't imagine a better combination than Showtime and Steven Spielberg. So the good news according to The Hollywood Reporter, is that "Showtime has given a pilot order to "The United States of Tara," a single-camera comedy from Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television centered on a mother with multiple-personality syndrome. "
"Showtime Networks president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt said the half-hour project is a "family comedy with a big twist" and described it as "Weeds" meets "Sybil." He said it will show Tara, a wife and mother, in all her various personalities, including an aggressive male biker or promiscuous teenage girl or Martha Stewart-like homemaker.
"It balances the real drama and comedy of a family dealing with a parent" with multiple-personality disorder, Greenblatt said. "It will attract an extraordinary actress looking for a tour de force opportunity."
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